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Liability threshold model

Definition
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A model where discrete disease status arises when unobserved liability crosses a threshold; motivates liability-scale inference in genetics.

Topics
Core genetics
Related
Liability Liability Scale Complex Trait

Why it matters in GWAS

These concepts shape how we expect variants to act (penetrance, heterogeneity, threshold models) and how GWAS signals should be interpreted alongside family-based evidence.

Example usage

"The analysis framework includes Liability threshold model to quantify evidence and compare competing hypotheses."

Liability Liability Scale Complex Trait
Related-term network

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Node order. The current term is first. Next come every page linked from Related terms, in the same top-to-bottom order as that list. Then new terms appear in two-hop layers: for each of those direct neighbors (in that same order), their related terms are appended if not already listed. A third pass does the same for two-hop nodes. The walk stops when a fixed maximum number of nodes is reached.

References

  • Griffiths AJF, et al. (2015). An Introduction to Genetic Analysis. W. H. Freeman.
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